PSY100H1 Lecture 15: Social Psych
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We are all social animals who live in groups depend on one another for survival. Social psychdeal w how the thoughts feelings an individual arc influenced by the actual presence of others behaviors of imagined or implied. The biggest predictor of happiness relationships health is to have close intimate. Perceived social isolation shares similar risk of death w obesity sedentarylifestyle. Alsoassociatedwi suicide risk a for most people our most stressful1negative experiences involve the disruption of social relationships. Importance of the acceptance of the people who love. Catance darley 1969 people are less likely to offer help when more peopleare present in the. Whenthey areby themselves they are more likely tocheck out the smokeand deal w it. When morepeople are in the room the testee will not findhelp we confederates. When othe people are present in an ambiguous situation when other peopledon"tappearalarmed then weuse that info toassume that the situation is fine i. Asch"s conformity experiment ions or behaviors match others.
